Schweers Surname

113,753rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schweers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schweers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,7571:29,2003,850
United States1,0731:337,80030,474
Canada931:396,18935,081
Netherlands861:196,36327,376
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Denmark111:513,15632,022
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Schweers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schweers Come From? nationality or country of origin

Schweers occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schweers? popularity and diffusion

Schweers is the 113,753rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,792,313 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Schweers reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 2,757 people, or 1 in 29,200. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 40 percent live and Bremen, where 6 percent live. Outside of Germany it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Schweers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schweers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schweers last name increased 1,731 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schweers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schweers surname are 30.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.68% registered with the political party.

The amount Schweers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 686.58% more than the national average, earning R 1,869,220 per year; in United States they earn 12.24% more than the national average, earning $48,429 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.44% more than the national average, earning $51,890 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schwiers88391/
Swieers801/
Shwiers800/
Schwiersch78187/
Swyers711,464/
Swiers71927/
Schwierch711/
Swiersz6776/
Soueers671/
Swyer's671/
Swuiers670/
Swijgers6315/
Zwiers574,171/
Zwyers5728/
Zwiersz5335/
Swierze5320/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schweers
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